as in poem
a composition in verse in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something
This poem is titled, "An Ode to My Mother."
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Recent Examples of ode
Though led by Wade, Miami’s first title was an ode to a foundation Mourning laid during the franchise’s first windows of contention during the mid-1990s.
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James Jackson,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
According to its creators, the film serves as an ode to art, connection and the human experience, balancing the comedic sensibilities of silent films with a more introspective meditation on time, creativity and loss.
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Spin Staff,
SPIN,
19 June 2026
This duet with Stevie Wonder – a first for McCartney with another major artist – is much maligned because of its simplified ode to racial harmony.
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Called the Callback 8020, the phone is an ode to the early age of smartphones, and its purpose is to put a deliberate end to mindless scrolling.
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Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
16 June 2026
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James Jackson,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
According to its creators, the film serves as an ode to art, connection and the human experience, balancing the comedic sensibilities of silent films with a more introspective meditation on time, creativity and loss.
—
Spin Staff,
SPIN,
19 June 2026
This duet with Stevie Wonder – a first for McCartney with another major artist – is much maligned because of its simplified ode to racial harmony.
—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Called the Callback 8020, the phone is an ode to the early age of smartphones, and its purpose is to put a deliberate end to mindless scrolling.
—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
16 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for ode
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ode
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Spiro borrows part of that message from the famous poet Nikki Giovanni, who recorded her poem of that same name as a song in 1975 with producer Arif Mardin, making for the only sample or interpolation on the album.
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Helena Bonham Carter, there’s a TikTok of her reading a Mary Oliver poem.
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In his sonnets, Shakespeare pairs was with glass, and warmed with disarmed.
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Tech was even still cool in late 2022 when OpenAI released ChatGPT and everyone started giddily re-doing Taylor Swift lyrics as Shakespearean sonnets.
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The production was built entirely with AI tools, with Madhvani writing the multilingual lyrics alongside co-creators and composing the music through Suno, a leading AI music generation platform.
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Swift has a massive global platform, and a tendency to pull back the curtain on her personal life in song lyrics and the occasional documentary.
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The rhyme references a viral chant that has taken the internet by storm during the NBA Finals in which the Knicks are currently up 3-1 against the San Antonio Spurs.
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It's got a lot going on, but there's a reason to every rhyme.
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The coffin was unveiled late on Thursday to a throng of sobbing supporters, who were swaying and beating their heads in time to a sung lament as flowers were thrown from the bier into the crowd.
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His lament mirrored the anguish of legions of Venezuelans who endured harrowing days clearing rubble by hand before crews with heavy equipment and rescue dogs belatedly arrived.
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An epic with supernatural and epigenetic overtones, this debut novel looks like a feast of a story.
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The Odyssey stars Matt Damon and John Leguizamo attend a photocall for the upcoming Christoper Nolan epic in Miami on June 26.
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Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.
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Over the course of Gregory Orr’s long career, his poems have become increasingly incantatory, more and more like chants or psalms, repeating, reformulating, reaching for the edges of the same rich metaphors.
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When the Black Queen’s message arrives in the Riverlands, the king consort, lil’ Oscar Tully, and their new pal Roddy the Ruin are busy reveling, making up ballads dedicated to their own derring-do.
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Within the flashy dance numbers and power ballads, American musicals often hold up a mirror to society.
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“Ode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ode. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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